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NetAtlas
(NetAtlas Workgroup)
Ethernet Switch
Support Notes
Version 1.00
March 2006
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NetAtlas Support Notes Introduction of SNMPc and NetAtlas With the number of network device increase, the demand to detect and respond to the network failure or external event in a very short time posts a great challenge to network administrator. How to easily manage and monitor network devices across networks becomes more and more important in network management. Figure 1 presents main elements of the system architecture. Element Management System (EMS), NetAtlas provides a cent
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NetAtlas Support Notes Installation of Netatlas workgroup 1. Double click the installation file located on the Netatlas CD. 2. Read the license information, if you agree with the license, click “yes” to continue. 3 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes At this time, if SNMPc does not exist in your PC, the Netatlas installation program will install SNMPc for you. 4 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes 3. Choose “Server” and then click “Next” 4. Choose the location that you want to install Netatlas, then click “Next” 6 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes 5. Netatlas comes with a feature called “Auto Discovery”, if you are not going to use this “Auto Discovery” at this time, check the box “Start with Discovery off”. Then click “Next” 7 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes 6. Here it shows the default program folder that Netatlas is going to install. Click “Next” to continue. At this moment, the installation of SNMPc is completed. 7. If PostgreSQL does not exist in your PC, the Netatlas installation program will also install it for you. 8 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes 8. Please select Postgresql Install Path. Then click “Next” 9. It is NOT recommend changing the default account/password here. Just click “Apply” to continue. 9 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes 10. When the installation of PostgreSQL is done, it will pop up the following message. 11. When everything is set, the installation program will start to install Netatlas Workgroup. Finally, click “finish” to complete the whole installation process. 10 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes Overview of SNMPc The following diagram shows the main elements of SNMPc. SNMPc includes the following function ♦ Main Button Bar: Button and controls to execute commands quickly ♦ Edit Button Bar: Button to quickly insert map element ♦ Event Log Tool: Button display filtered event log entries ♦ View Window Area: Map View, Mib Tables and Mib Graph windows are displayed here. ♦ View Window Area: Map View, Mib Tables and Mib Graph windows. Figure 2 Main ele
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NetAtlas Support Notes indicate the status of the devices. Green is working and Rd is no response from the device. ♦ System message Panel: View the alarm Status and port status of the selected switch. Figure 3 Overview of EMS 12 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes Configuration of adding a new device via SNMPc In the following example, we will illustrate how to get started with SNMPc and Netatlas with adding a new device. Follow the procedures from Step 1 to Step 11. Step 1: In the edit button bar shown in the Figure 4 where you may select the icon to insert a new element. Figure 4 Adding a new Device Add a new device Step 2: In the map object properties, give the label name and enter the IP address of the selec
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NetAtlas Support Notes Step 4: In the map object properties, select Access tab to set the parameters of Read Access Mode to SNMP V2c shown in Figure 6. Change the value of Read Access Mode to SNMP V2c. Figure 6 Read Access mode 14 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes Step 5: In the map object properties, select Access tab to set the parameters of Read /Write Access Mode to SNMP V2c shown in Figure 7. Change the value of Read/write Access Mode to SNMP V2c. Figure 7 Read/Write Access Mode Step 6: In the map object properties, select Access tab to set the parameters of Read community to public as shown in Figure 8. Figure 8 Read Community 15 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes In the map object propeies, select Access tab to set the parameters of Read community to public in Figure 9. Change the value of Read//write Community to Public. Figure 9 Read/write Community 16 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes Step 7: On the SNMPc main window. Select SNMPc->Config->MIB Database menu function. You need to add (and compile) the following Mib files in order: rfc2674.mib rfc2925.mib rfc3291.mib rfc3621.mib OSPF-MIB.mib zyxel-ES3124.mib zyxel-ES3124PWR.mib zyxel-ES2024A.mib zyxel-GS2024.mib zyxel-GS4024.mib zyxel-GS4012F.mib zyxel-ES2108.mib zyxel-ES2108G.mib Step 8: In the Selection tool menu, Click ES-2108 to manage the device. Figure 10
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NetAtlas Support Notes Step 9: After the selection, a pop-up menu will display the NetAtlas switch manager diagram. Click the Switch Manager to enter the EMS Mapping shown in Figure 11 Figure 11 Device Selection Step 10: In the EMS mapping, it display a logical hierarchy for the device. In the device list, you may see the devices are added in the Rootmap shown in Figure 12. 18 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes Figure 12 Rootmap Step 11: Click the ES-2108 to configure the device shown in Figure 13. Figure 13 Device mapping 19 All contents copyright (c) 2006 ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
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NetAtlas Support Notes VLAN Configuration via EMS In this section, we will give an example to illustrate how to use EMS to create a VLAN2 in GS-4024. Here are the procedures. Step 1: In the device panel list shown in Figure 12, right-click Configuration, Switch Configuration and then Switch Setup tab as shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13. Step 2: Define the VLAN type, there are two types of VLAN, one is 802.1Q and the other is Port-based VLAN. Select 802.1Q as the VLAN type and cl
